/*
 * Background Flickr: Copyright (C) 2009  Craig McNicholas
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package com.ddw.app.bflickr.logging;

/**
 * Factory class to create log instances for debugging
 * @author craig
 *
 */
public abstract class LogFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates an instance of the log object for debugging
	 * @param cls the class to use as its simple name for filtering
	 * @return a log instance
	 */
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static Log createInstance(Class cls) {
		return new Log(cls.getSimpleName());
	}
	
	/**
	 * Creates an instance of the log object for debugging
	 * @param filter the string to filter the log messages for this object by
	 * @return a log instance
	 */
	public static Log createInstance(String filter) {
		return new Log(filter);
	}
	
}
